Meal and Rest Breaks

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: Missouri

  Enhanced with information about the day of rest law.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: Massachusetts

  Enhanced with information about the day of rest law.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: North Dakota

  Enhanced with information about the day of rest law.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: Oklahoma

  Enhanced with information about the day of rest law.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: West Virginia

  Updated to reflect testing provisions in the West Virginia Safer Workplace Act, effective July 7, 2017.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: Arkansas

  Updated to reflect a new law clarifying the compensability of preliminary and postliminary activities, effective April 5, 2017.

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  Quick Reference

  Workplace Practices of Exempt and Nonexempt Employees

  Sometimes employees who are classified as exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) need to be reclassified as nonexempt. This Quick Reference chart provides details about the differences in workplace practices regarding employees classified as exempt or nonexempt.

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  Letters and Forms

  California Meal Break Waiver Form

  The California Meal Break Waiver Form should be used to document the required mutual consent of an employer and an employee to waive meal breaks in the certain limited situations in which meal periods may be waived.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: Utah

  Updated to refine the scope of coverage to include only breastfeeding break laws that apply to private employers.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Hours Worked: Louisiana

  Updated to refine the scope of coverage to include only breastfeeding break laws that apply to private employers.